Meet and Greet Sessions: A Unique Virtual Opt-Out Approach to Support Trainee Well-Being.

ABSTRACT: Background Interventions to support graduate medical education (GME) trainee well-being at the institutional level continue to be an area for continuous improvement. Objective To assess participation, feasibility, and acceptability of a virtual, individual, brief, nonevaluative opt-out approach to accessing mental health support for residents and fellows. Methods From 2021 to 2023, all GME programs at one large institution were invited to participate. During orientation, incoming trainees from programs that had communicated interest were prescheduled for optional 20-minute, virtual "meet and greet" sessions with a counselor from the hospital's Employee Assistance Program. Nonformal feedback was gathered using an anonymous 6-question survey. Results Three hundred

SUBMITTER: Anand U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11475432 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature